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On the River Restaurant

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On The River Restaurant and Catering has been serving the Brazosport area for 25 years. We offer original recipes, prepared right here in our kitchen. We are famous for our fried or grilled Texas Gulf shrimp, fried American farm raised catfish,huge chicken fried steaks, and a variety of great burgers. Our most famous items are our homemade coleslaw and cornbread. Guests come from miles away just for those! Equally popular are our famous Fried Dill Pickles! We sell easily over 100 gallons a week of these fantastic little chip... read more

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919 W 2nd St, Freeport, TX, 77541, United States

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WeekdayScheduleStatus
Mon9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tue9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wed9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thu9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Fri9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
SatClosed
SunClosed
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Ronald Popham 
6 years ago

Very pleasantly surprised how good the food and service was...Love that cornbread! My cousin recommended On the River and we weren't disappointed! 

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Sissy Bowery 
6 years ago

Service was fast & friendly and my steak was cooked to perfection. Can’t wait to go back next year! 

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Gossett Aaron 
6 years ago

The food was so awesome, very amazing! 

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Cindy Payne 
6 years ago

Highly disappointed. We are from San Antonio however my husband works in this area. We really wanted some great seafood but sadly that didn’t happen. My first clue should have been that the gumbo was shrimp and krab with a “k”. How do you have a seafood restaurant and serve imitation crab? So I passed on that. Ordered the stuffed shrimp. They weren’t terrible. A little over cooked but okay none the less. My disappointment came though when the garlic mashed potatoes were instant. When the waiter returned to the table and I to... read more

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Christy Smith Hall 
6 years ago

We attended an event this evening; it was a large group. The service was great. But the food was very disappointing. My son got food poisoning from it. We have eaten there several times before, and it was really good... I guess they dropped the ball tonight. 

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Nikki Holcomb 
6 years ago

Philip is the absolute best server I have ever had! Come see him and eat the awesome food they have here! 

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Cherith Nicole Jones 
6 years ago

Loved it!! 

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Raymond Calvillo 
6 years ago

The service was great. And the food IS ALWAYS great. Waiter was on his game. The Coleslaw and cornbread was great as always. Would recommend this to everyone. 

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Kaleb West 
6 years ago

We had the gumbo and the old brazos special and they were both fantastic along with the fried pickles, onion rings, cornbread, and Cole slaw!!! THEN our 3 year old little man decided to try his hand at chair scooting at the table again after the first fall on the ground didn’t hurt badly enough. He was quite successful the second time around when he nearly bit off a large chunk from his bottom lip!!! Yay.... he was very loudly crying but the staff was very sweet and attentive. I believe it was the owner who followed us to th... read more

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How is On the River Restaurant rated?

On the River Restaurant has a 4.3 star rating with 1,208 reviews. 

When is On the River Restaurant open?

On the River Restaurant is closed now. It will open at 9:00 a.m. 

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